Politician convicted because of incitement to hatred

Alert DateJanuary 22, 2009 Country: Austria Address: Graz General Type: Racist discourse Racism and discrimination phenomena: Islamophobia, Religious intolerance
Groups affected / Interested in: Muslims Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Political discourse -parties - orgs Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Political Discourse
Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin N/A
Victims Gender N/A
Victims Age N/A
Victims Number N/A
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Austrian
Perpetrator Gender Female
Perpetrator Age 46-55
Perpetrators Number 1
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

On January 22nd, 2009 Susanne Winter, former party leader of the FPÖ in Graz and member of the Austrian parliament, was charged and sentenced to 24,000 EUR and three months on probation on grounds of having violated sec 283 Penal Code (incitement to hatred): She had accused the Prophet Mohammed of child abuse and had suggested that he had written the Quran during epileptic fits during the election campaign in Graz. The preliminary judgement was affirmed on June 17th, 2009.

Source: http://diepresse.com/home/politik/innenpolitik/488095/index.do (2009-06-18); http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,528549,00.html (2008-01-14).